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Factors affecting pre-pregnancy care among women based on the theory of planned behavior in Larestan, Iran, in 2016
- Source :
- Journal of Public Health. 29:393-401
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019.
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Abstract
- Pre-pregnancy care is a series of interventions aimed to identify and modify behavioral and social risk factors and improve women’s health before pregnancy. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting pre-pregnancy care based on the theory of planned behavior in women aged 15–49 years in Larestan city, Shiraz, in 2016. In this descriptive-analytical, cross-sectional study, all women aged 15 to 49 years, who agreed to complete a self-administered questionnaire based on the theory of planned behavior, were included. Predictors of pre-pregnancy care intention and behavior were identified using linear and logistic regression. The results showed that 46.4% of women had received pre-pregnancy care. The most important predictors of intention were attitude (P
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Pregnancy
business.industry
Pre pregnancy
030503 health policy & services
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Theory of planned behavior
Psychological intervention
Logistic regression
medicine.disease
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Family medicine
Epidemiology
Health care
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
0305 other medical science
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16132238 and 21981833
- Volume :
- 29
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........1759d1bdad3aca4463740898ee8d8e0a